Returning to The Shadow Biography

I have resumed work on my second nonfiction book, 'The Shadow Biography', which I had left in limbo for nearly six months.

Since publishing 'The Luck Illusion', much of my time has been taken up by the excessive workload of marketing it. Writing a book is only part of the project, particularly for a self-published author. Once the writing is finished, there are files to prepare, platforms to manage, reviews to seek, booksellers to contact, and countless promotional tasks that seem to lead to several more.

I sometimes wonder how self-publishing authors find enough hours in the day to do all this without support. The raw writing may be the heart of a book, but it occupies only one part of an increasingly demanding process. Marketing 'The Luck Illusion' left scant time or concentration for another substantial piece of writing.

Even so, The Shadow Biography was never abandoned. I have now returned to it and begun working on adding to and refining the manuscript again.

I will not go into its central argument yet, except to say that it begins with another question that is rarely asked. That is one reason for my enthusiasm. I remain drawn to familiar parts of human life that we accept without examining closely, even when they influence how we understand ourselves and the lives we might have lived.

There is still a great deal to research, write, and revise, and I am not setting a publication date. For now, it is enough to say that after six months in limbo, The Shadow Biography is moving again.